XOS Wins IBO Award for its SINDIE On-The-Go (OTG) Sulfur Analyzer

East Greenbush, NY – XOS announces that its innovative and portable SINDIE OTG sulfur analyzer has received a 2009 IBO Industrial Design Award for portable instruments.

The Industrial Design Awards recognize the best in industrial design of analytical and life sciences instruments, portable instruments, and laboratory equipment. Winners are chosen from products seen by IBO at major trade shows and in press releases and magazines.

The OTG analyzer is the latest in a family of analyzers developed and commercialized by XOS for the measurement of sulfur in petroleum products in response to the U.S. EPA’s mandates of dramatically lower sulfur limits. The OTG, as its name implies, is a portable version of the successful SINDIE on-line and bench-top analyzers, and is targeted at markets requiring lower cost and mobile analyzers (e.g., spot-checking fuels at various points in major refinery installations and along pipelines, for mobile vans, etc). OTG employs a direct measurement technique which does not require sample conversion, consumable gases or elevated temperature operating conditions.

“Portability was our goal, while maintaining the strong performance and the same method compliance (ASTM D-7039) of our bench-top product. Our team pulled it off ” states Jay Burdett, XOS VP of Manufacturing and Engineering.

“XOS is pleased to receive this award. Our customer base has also embraced the form, fit and function of the OTG” states Berry Beumer, XOS VP of Marketing and Sales.

IBO (Instrument Business Outlook) is a twice-monthly newsletter from Strategic Directions International, Inc. aimed at providing decision-makers with the latest and most complete information available on the analytical & life science instruments markets for executives and investors. As many subscribers have described it, IBO is analogous to The Wall Street Journal for the analytical instruments industry. Not only does IBO provide news briefings, but it offers viewpoints and strategic analysis of important market events.

XOS is a leading manufacturer of x-ray optics for laboratory equipment and application specific x-ray analyzers. Advanced x-ray optics increase the sensitivity of the analyzer dramatically, while simultaneously decreasing the measurement time, increasing precision, and decreasing the size and cost of analytical equipment. XOS has established direct OEM sales, distribution and service channels throughout the world for its equipment.

XOS Contact:
Berry Beumer
+1 518-880-1501
info@xos.com
www.xos.com